Sophomore Courtney Boardman scored twice against New Haven.

New Haven Upends 
Franklin Pierce, 16-3

NEW HAVEN, CONN. (March 24, 2004) – The Franklin Pierce women’s lacrosse team dropped a 16-3 decision to the University of New Haven this afternoon.

            Casandra Schmidt (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) led the Chargers with five goals, four coming in the first half. Heather Miles (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) followed with four goals, while Maggie Mead (Elbridge, N.Y./Jordan/Elbridge) registered three goals, and Stephanie Napp (Southington, Conn./Southington HS) and Britt Treager (Victoria, B.C./Claremont) chipped in with two goals apiece.

            Sophomore Courtney Boardman (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) was the leading scorer for the Ravens with two goals and classmate Alissa Silverman (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) tallied the third and final Franklin Pierce goal.

            New Haven jumped out to a 5-0 lead early in the match before Boardman put the Ravens on the scoreboard with goals at 8:35 and 10:33 into the first half.

            The Chargers answered back quickly, however, as they added six more goals before Silverman notched her 10^th of the season for Franklin Pierce with 21 seconds left in the stanza.

            New Haven then went on hold the Ravens scoreless in the second half while adding six more scores to secure the win.     

            Senior Ashley Simpson (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) registered seven saves for Franklin Pierce and Heather Gebhardt (E. Rochester, N.Y./E. Rochester) totaled 11 saves for New Haven.

            Franklin Pierce (2-2) returns to action March 29^th as it travels to St. Anselm for a Northeast-10 match at 3:30 p.m.

 New Haven 16, Franklin Pierce 3

GOALS:
FP - Alissa Silverman 1, Courtney Boardman 2
NH - Casandra Schmidt 5, Heather Miles 4, Maggie Mead 3, Stephanie Napp 2, Britt Treager 2.

ASSISTS:
FP - None.
NH -  Jessica Clow, Lindsey Matteo.

SAVES:
FP - Ashley Simpson (60:00) seven saves.
NH - Heather Gebhardt (60:00) 11 saves.